diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerIntegrationTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerIntegrationTest.java
index 2676f7067..19dc99682 100755
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ public class IndelRealignerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                 1,
                 Arrays.asList(base_md5_with_SW_or_VCF));
         executeTest("test realigner defaults with VCF", spec2);
-
-        WalkerTestSpec spec3 = new WalkerTestSpec(
-                baseCommand + "-D " + GATKDataLocation + "dbsnp_129_b36.rod",
-                1,
-                Arrays.asList(base_md5));
-        executeTest("realigner defaults with dbsnp", spec3);
-
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -48,12 +41,6 @@ public class IndelRealignerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                 1,
                 Arrays.asList("3dd5d2c9931b375455af0bff1a2c4888"));
         executeTest("realigner known indels only from VCF", spec1);
-
-        WalkerTestSpec spec2 = new WalkerTestSpec(
-                baseCommand + "--consensusDeterminationModel KNOWNS_ONLY -D " + GATKDataLocation + "dbsnp_129_b36.rod",
-                1,
-                Arrays.asList("05a114623c126b0398fbc1703437461e"));
-        executeTest("realigner known indels only from dbsnp", spec2);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -63,12 +50,6 @@ public class IndelRealignerIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
                 1,
                 Arrays.asList(base_md5_with_SW_or_VCF));
         executeTest("realigner use SW from VCF", spec1);
-
-        WalkerTestSpec spec2 = new WalkerTestSpec(
-                baseCommand + "--consensusDeterminationModel USE_SW -D " + GATKDataLocation + "dbsnp_129_b36.rod",
-                1,
-                Arrays.asList(base_md5_with_SW_or_VCF));
-        executeTest("realigner use SW from dbsnp", spec2);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerPerformanceTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerPerformanceTest.java
index fd5ad0b22..e8b5033cf 100755
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerPerformanceTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/indels/IndelRealignerPerformanceTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class IndelRealignerPerformanceTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -LOD 5" +
                         " -maxConsensuses 100" +
                         " -greedy 100" +
-                        " -D /humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/dbsnp_129_hg18.rod" +
+                        " -B:dbsnp,vcf " + GATKDataLocation + "dbsnp_132.hg18.vcf" +
                         " -o /dev/null" +
                         " -I " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.GAII.chr1.50MB.bam" +
                         " -L chr1:1-5,650,000" +
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class IndelRealignerPerformanceTest extends WalkerTest {
                         " -LOD 5" +
                         " -maxConsensuses 100" +
                         " -greedy 100" +
-                        " -D /humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/dbsnp_129_hg18.rod" +
+                        " -B:dbsnp,vcf " + GATKDataLocation + "dbsnp_132.hg18.vcf" +
                         " -o /dev/null" +
                         " -I " + evaluationDataLocation + "NA12878.ESP.WEx.chr1.bam" +
                         " -L chr1:1-150,000,000" +